Low-cost SBC takes any socket 370 processor

Amplicon Liveline has released its lowest cost socket 370 single board computer based on the VIA chipset, priced at just GBP 240.

Amplicon Liveline has released its lowest cost socket 370 single board computer based on the VIA chipset, priced at just GBP 240.

Ideal for wide ranging applications particularly in the areas of process control and manufacturing, the MSC3680 board can accept both Intel Pentium III and Celeron socket 370 processors up to 1GHz.

Onboard VGA and LAN are included to support CRT displays and Ethernet.

This low-cost SBC also provides the benefit of being able to be used as a standalone computer, as the ATX connector obviates the need for a backplane.

In addition it provides comprehensive support for standard industrial PC configurations.

Three 168-pin DIMM sockets with up to 768Mbyte SDRAM and ECC support, a bus mastered IDE with Ultra DME 33/66 controllers and a full array of ports are also included.

For the more complex timing requirements in critical applications, the device has a 256 level watchdog timer.

The onboard VGA controller supports CRT displays with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, and hardware monitoring for CPU voltage, temperature and fan speed.

System temperature and fan speed can also be monitored.

Additional features include modem ring-on, wake on LAN, Windows 95/98 shutoff and PC99 ACPI power management, all for the more demanding PC based industrial applications.

Two USB ports, RS232/422 and 485 interface connections and support for IrDA are also included, as well as interface for two floppy disk drives and built in audio.

The single board computer is also configured to run with both Linux and Windows 2000.

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